On 9 Oct 2001, at 15:38, ANDY wrote: <SNIP> > sorry I didn't specify *exactly* what I wanted to do... : > > I wanted to run netscape on the AT 386 DX using the modem on the >486 toshiba laptop > > what would be the *best* way of doing this? > > (I realize you will be away until the 15th, but maybe in the mean time >someone else might have an idea of what would be the best way to >accomplish this) > > Thanks for all your help so far! > > Andy
Well, I haven't done exactly the configuration that you have specified here, but I do know it can be done. You'll need to have Ethernet networking set up between the two machines, and TCP/IP set up as the protocol. You'll need to set up the laptop to be able to dial in and use SLIP or PPP to support TCP/IP communications over its modem. Then you will need to run routing software on the laptop to route packets from the network interface to the dial-up interface and vice versa. This routing software is also known as "IP masquerading" software. I do know that people have set up Linux to do this. Here's a resource that I found with a few quick searches. I'm sure there are others. http://ipmasq.cjb.net (note this site requires frame support :-P ) According to the "About Linux IP Masquerade" link on the left-hand side of the page, this can provide fairly good performance, even when multiple machines are using the same dial-up connection. In Windows, the previously mentioned NAT32 (http://www.nat32.com) software appears to do this routing task. It is, however, shareware, not freeware, and will cost you a few dollars. I don't know if there are any free alternatives - I've never needed to set something of this sort up. And I don't think there are any DOS packages to do this. So there are at least a couple of places to start from. Have a browse around the WWW for "+IP +masquerading" with your favorite search engine, and you'll find a number of documents on it. Hope this helps, Anthony J. Albert =========================================================== Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle "Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind." - Charles L. Lucas To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
